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World Service,22 Mar 2014,9 mins

Social Media in Turkey

Over to You

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Following the Turkish government’s decision to block Twitter, Over to You finds out why social media has been so widely adopted in Turkey and asks digital consultant Esra Dogramaci what the likely consequences will be of the government’s attempts to curb use of social media. Also on the programme, how are writers in Uganda reacting to that country’s anti-homosexuality law? Rajan Datar speaks to an academic expert in the subject about the outlook for domestic writers in Uganda.

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